:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1761900/1761916/original.jpg "Fast, gentle and reliable: The Fraunhofer ILT has come up with a process tailor-made to ablate anode material from very thin copper foils at up to 1760 mm³/min. It uses a powerful USP laser to expose surfaces for electrical contacts.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759400/1759401/original.jpg "A total of eleven LNG trucks for local freight transport are operational at the ZF site in Saarbrücken. By the end of the year, ZF expects to increase the number of LNG trucks to 40.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759100/1759157/original.jpg "When new batteries are fitted to the buses, the old ones still have considerable capacity left to offer.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1757200/1757235/original.jpg "General Motors will be the first automaker to use an almost completely wireless battery management.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1760900/1760969/original.jpg "One reason for the coroporate spin-off is the fast growing battery industry.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759300/1759358/original.jpg "By many accounts, EVs represent the future of mobility.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1760500/1760568/original.jpg "InnoTrans is the world’s leading trade fair for transport technology and takes place every two years in Berlin.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1761000/1761019/original.jpg "A focused management has led to an optimization of working capital and a further reduction of fixed costs and capital expenditure.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1760000/1760095/original.jpg "Users will now see speedometer and other core drive information on both the HUD and the instrument cluster.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759900/1759927/original.jpg "The flying car from the film Blade Runner")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1758100/1758114/original.jpg "Most minibus AVs carry fewer than 25 passengers.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1757300/1757343/original.jpg "dSPACE and Velodyne LiDAR have entered into a partnership to accelerate future developments of LiDAR technologies for autonomous driving.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1754500/1754568/original.jpg "As more sensors and electric motors are incorporated into cars, systems become exposed to risk of malicious hacks.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1745600/1745661/original.jpg "The 60,000-square-foot facility houses a hot soak chamber, a cold soak chamber, and two chassis dyne-equipped environmental chambers.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1740000/1740072/original.jpg "Smart traffic systems acquire data from the road users and communicate with a central control system to change lights and signal lengths as needed.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1738300/1738301/original.jpg "Apple’s latest iOS will let the iPhone act as a digital car key.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1761900/1761916/original.jpg "Fast, gentle and reliable: The Fraunhofer ILT has come up with a process tailor-made to ablate anode material from very thin copper foils at up to 1760 mm³/min. It uses a powerful USP laser to expose surfaces for electrical contacts.")
BATTERY TECHNOLOGY
More flexible battery design with ultrafast laser ablation
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759400/1759401/original.jpg "A total of eleven LNG trucks for local freight transport are operational at the ZF site in Saarbrücken. By the end of the year, ZF expects to increase the number of LNG trucks to 40.")
ECOLOGICAL LOGISTICS
Cooperation on eco-friendly natural gas drive systems for trucks
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1759100/1759157/original.jpg "When new batteries are fitted to the buses, the old ones still have considerable capacity left to offer.")
Environmental Responsibility
How Volvo bus batteries get a second life
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1757200/1757235/original.jpg "General Motors will be the first automaker to use an almost completely wireless battery management.")
ELECTROMOBILITY
Wireless battery management system for electric vehicles
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1754600/1754672/original.jpg "For the first time, Daimler Trucks presents a preview of its purely battery-powered long-haul truck: the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul. Starting from the middle of the decade, it is designed to cover regular journeys on plannable routes in an energy-efficient manner. Its range on one battery charge will be approximately 500 kilometers.")
FUEL-CELL TRUCKS
Daimler Trucks presents technology strategy for electrification
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1752500/1752514/original.jpg "The new Mahle condenser ensures that electric vehicles are optimally cooled during fast charging, while also providing the necessary power for cabin temperature control.")
ELECTROMOBILITY
New condenser for faster charging of electric vehicles
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1749700/1749737/original.jpg "The BMW Group uses different battery cells, depending on which one provides the best characteristics for the relevant vehicle concept.")
ELECTROMOBILITY
BMW Group Plant Leipzig to start battery module production in 2021
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1748800/1748885/original.jpg "IndyGo, Allison and Cummins are partnering to lead the charge in innovative propulsion solutions.")
HYBRID BUSES
Allison Transmission and IndyGo partner on next generation electric hybrid buses
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1746300/1746368/original.jpg "The Austrian ÖBB will test the Coradia iLint on regional railway lines in the country’s south, where they could replace diesel trains.")
RAILWAY
Alstom’s hydrogen train enters regular passenger service in Austria
Galleries
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1712900/1712995/original.jpg "The new MEMS sensor from Bosch enables uninterrupted navigation and realistic display of vehicle movements.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1659100/1659138/original.jpg "The \"360 Reality Audio\" offers passengers a new kind of sound experience via loudspeakers installed in each seat.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1654200/1654235/original.jpg "The autonomous transport robots are camera-based monitored and can be positioned with an accuracy of less than half a millimetre. At Volkswagen's Smart Production Lab in Wolfsburg, the software and algorithms behind the control system are developed.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1650300/1650347/original.jpg "With the \"Vision F-Cell\", Daimler Trucks & Buses is consistently strengthening its activities in the hydrogen sector..")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1746300/1746315/original.jpg "China is the BMW Group’s largest single market and sets the tempo for e-mobility around the world.")
ELECTROMOBILITY
BMW Brilliance Automotive doubles production capacity for high-voltage batteries in China
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1743300/1743357/original.jpg "Costs for development and production of battery packs are the reason for high prices of electric vehicles.")
Battery Production
How are Electric Car Batteries Made?
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1740400/1740490/original.jpg "Audi RS Q8")
POWERTRAIN
Hardware meets software: from classic mechanical systems to a fully interlinked high-end control unit
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1739200/1739299/original.jpg "Scania’s hybrid electric system combines an e-machine with a combustion engine – either together or as stand-alone power sources.")
ELECTROMOBILITY
Commercial vehicle manufacturer presents electrified power systems concept
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1735700/1735729/original.jpg "The device activates the electric motor, coordinates all commands initiated by the accelerator pedal, plays an integral part in charging and energy management as well as the management of the high-voltage electrical system. It also acts as an interface to the other control units inside the vehicle.")